Here’s an idea submitted by a reader. This teacher has a “calm down box” in her classroom. She put stress balls, timers and other tangible things in the box and when students get overwhelmed or need some alone time, they can sit at a table with the box and calm down.
It’s always good practice to let your students know what they’re being graded on. So here’s a generic writing rubric you can use to grade any elementary school writing project. There are 4 on a page, so it won’t waste paper. I always put a stack of these next to the turn-in tray and have students attach the rubric (along with their outlines, rough drafts, etc.) before turning it on. It saves me SO much time having them do it rather than me doing it. If I am having the whole class turn it in at the same time, I pass out the rubrics and send a few staplers around so everyone gets it staples in before they’re passed to me.
Click here for the PDF of the printable rubric: Writing Rubric – 4 per page
Here’s another worksheet similar to the one I posted a few days ago. It is for practice or assessment when learning about adjectives and adverbs.
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adverbs adjectives worksheet 2
adverbs adjectives worksheet 2 ANSWERS
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I recently needed a worksheet to assess students’ knowledge of adjectives vs. adverbs. So here’s a 20 question page to help you know if your grammar lesson worked or not! Enjoy!
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adverbs adjectives worksheet
adverbs adjectives worksheet ANSWERS
Here are some review pages (half sheet; so run off only half the number of students in your class and cut the sheets in half). These pages review names of 3D geometric shapes (cube, rectangular prism, sphere, etc.) as well as parts of 2- and 3D shapes (vertices, edges, etc.).
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3D Shapes Review 1
3D Shapes Review 2
Here’s the last of my prepositions worksheets for this winter. Here’s the third grammar practice page focusing on prepositions. I used these for my ESL students. Click here for the free printable PDF: Snowman Prepositions 3 PDF
I may decide to use Squarehead Snowman in future worksheets. Any thoughts?
Yesterday, I posted my first worksheet helping my ESL students with prepositions. Here’s my second free printable prepositions worksheet: Snowman Prepositions 2 PDF Enjoy!
I’ve decided I need to do more to help my ESL students. So decided to start with something simpler like prepositions. I made a total of 3 worksheets that help kids work on prepositions, and here’s the first.
Click here for the free printable PDF: Snowman Prepositions PDF
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